Office: ECES 160
Lab: ECCE 128
MSE Areas: Vascular biomaterials, nanomaterials, biological materials, hierarchical structure, controlled biomolecule release
Dr Tan’s laboratory is mainly interested in the interdisciplinary research at the cross-section of nano-materials and material mechanics with vascular medicine. The main research goal of the lab is to improve fundamental understanding as to how biomaterial properties, ranging from nano-scale molecule signaling and mechanics to macro-scale mechanics, play critical roles in remodeling or regenerating blood vessels through local and global regulation of epigenetic environments. Also, in parallel with improved understanding, new therapeutic approaches for cardiovascular diseases are being developed.